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Get the full show notes and subscribe! https://audioboom.com/posts/8803894-portraits-of-samadhi What can we see in the faces of people photographed as they meditate? Come and explore some beautiful images with artist Hartley Woolf and friends! Samādhi is the Sanskrit word for a state of peaceful, integrated absorption the mind can reach through meditation. And people’s faces in meditation have bee...

Get the full show notes and subscribe! https://audioboom.com/posts/8776588-the-intimacy-of-art-and-the-dharma What's the state of painting now – and how does it relate to reality, Dharma practice and Buddhist life? A gem of a conversation with three working artists diving deep with life's big questions! Today we meet three Buddhists with a full time professional painting practice, exhibiting at Th...

A mythic Buddhist retreat centre in Ireland comes to life—in India! In Triratna, learning to understand what is truly beautiful is seen as a path to Enlightenment itself. In this episode we find ourselves exploring this in an unexpected and extraordinary way at the seat of all Buddhist paths and myths, Bodh Gaya in India. Not far from the bodhi tree, where the Buddha’s great achievement is said to...

How to change your life and change the world over mindful drinks in a beautiful space in the city. Welcome to Hinterland... ✨ Enter Hinterland sober bar, “the realm beyond what’s known”… And meet founders Sanghadhara and Stephen Jeffreys in their cosy, cool, poetic, liminal space for a cocktail and meaningful conversation about how Buddhism and the Dharma can inform modern culture—and people’s so...

Home Retreats help us inject some of the powerful teachings of the Buddha directly into our everyday lives. This week we’re joined by Balajit, Singhashri and Viveka to talk about what lies behind their latest week-long collaborative venture with The Buddhist Centre [Live] - the enigmatically titled ‘The Three Bodies of Belonging’. In this episode we dive into the the traditional Buddhist teaching...

A joyous conversation today with Buddhist artists and practitioners about illustration, animation, puppetry, model making and art - how all of these can help bring to life the Buddhist path in the most beautiful, moving and inspiring ways! Mandarava has always been a maker. Her way into puppetry came initially through trying to make sense of deep family grief. Mandarava’s work is brimful of magic...

The mind liberated from the pressure of the will is unfolded in symbols W.B. Yeats These days, mindfulness is everywhere. How can engaging with images - with imagination itself - take our awareness deeper and help us connect with something truly transformative? Join our guests Vishvapani and Amitajyoti to explore how a Buddhist perspective on consciousness can help move us towards a life touched m...

Prayer to Manjushri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom May all beings experience happiness and its causes Be free from suffering and its causes, Never be parted from happiness And dwell in the condition of equanimity Ever since his introduction to Buddhism in 1976, Mahamati has been attracted to collective, collaborative contexts. He was, from the start, delighted to find a group of people with whom he could...

Get the full show notes and subscribe! https://audioboom.com/posts/8524353-the-impermanence-of-everyone-the-art-of-hugh-mendes-paramabodhi We are sitting in an East End art studio talking about death. The London tube rolls by outside, surfacing momentarily from tunnels dark as Hades, trundling its occupants inexorably on to somewhere. You can hear at intervals its soothing, almost womb-like backgr...

Kamalashila is dying. So are we - we are dying. Really. In this recent conversation with Kamalashila following his diagnosis of terminal cancer - and in the closing guided meditation reflecting on death - this is the core theme to which we keep returning: the value of familiarising ourselves with our impermanence: dying and death are going to happen to every single one of us. As Kamalashila says,...

Dr. Andrew Skilton delivers this remarkably clear and engaging introduction to the Three Yanas of Buddhism: the Sravakayana (or Hinayana), the Mahayana and the Vajrayana, and considers different models for understanding them.

Journey into love and the amazing potential for freedom of heart and mind with us... In this latest episode of the Buddhist Centre podcast, we are delighted to welcome back Tejananda, one of the most experienced meditation teachers within the Triratna Buddhist Community. Tejananda will be bringing insights from decades of practice to his upcoming Home Retreat on The Buddhist Centre Live, ‘Emptines...

Recordings of ceremonies used in the Triratna Buddhist Community. Translated and recorded by Ligita Montvilaitė

Recordings of ceremonies used in the Triratna Buddhist Community. Translated and recorded by Ligita Montvilaitė

Recordings of ceremonies used in the Triratna Buddhist Community. Translated and recorded by Ligita Montvilaitė

A great story of passion and inspiration in a 1990s American Buddhist restaurant. The trials, triumphs and tremendous impact of running an ethical business on the lives of those who served and came of age in their Dharma practice together. Join us for a ‘90s story of inspired Buddhist practice in Missoula, Montana - of great friendship, fierce love, burnout and life lessons learned in the fire of...

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